Proof FAA Managers are full blown certified IDIOTS Plans from the Failed Aviation Administration in Washington D.C. GOON land are for a completely GPS/SAT COM Air Traffic control system and decommissioning of ground facilities by 2020 Really?? Good planning DIP ****S

Some approaches have a note, "Procedure NA at night except by prior arrangement for runway lights". Let's say I make this prior arrangement (presumably by talking to the airport manager and having him leave the lights on for me), how do I deal with ATC? When I ask for the approach, is the...

vincent p. norris writes: I passed my private in 2000. Haven't had any problems with pilotage since (dead reckoning is another matter. I figure if I need to use dead reckoning, I need to file IFR). Meaning no offense, Ari, I'm puzzled by that response. A number of...

OK just kidding. I finished reading the great post about a failed vaccum in IMC and the happy outcome. I wanted to post this message to share something I learned some time ago when I participated in a university research program. The researcher was investigating pilot's decision to declare...

http://www.jumpingpixels.com/riskyairways.html I'm about to begin Flight-school, and I'm always curious about Aviation-Clips. I have a serious question in regards to this "Take OFF" seen in this video. Is this low Take Off approach on purpose or Pilot Error, and would you consider this dangerous or...

I noticed that on some approaches there are fixes labeled IF (Intermediate Fix), such as FONTS INT in http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0702/00664IL14.PDF where there is a cross radial, but other approaches such as EJAAY in http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0702/05850I15.PDF isn't labeled as an IF. I looked it up...

If you want to have better accuracy of GPS, you can even plan the time to do GPS data gathering... http://personaltechinfo.googlepages.com/how_to_get_accurate_gps

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message ... "Tarver Engineering" wrote in message ... No, homebuilts are type certificated under Part 21 as Experimental. No John, they...

So is CBAV Nexrad offline for good? Seems like I saw something saying that Palmnet is gone at the end of August but I can't verify. Any info or links appreciated. (Sorry if this has been discussed - I've been offline for 2 weeks and can't seem to find any archive info)

I'm a long time AWM user and have been very satisfied to date. I will be upgrading to weather sometime near the end of the year. I have a friend who is looking to purchase something now. I've steered him to the AWM + XM WX solution, but both of us would like to see it in use before laying out a...

Check out "Flight" from "One Six Right" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_MahVsiQ98

Update on Runway 26 DP to Linden R-019 at KMRB From the FAA folks who design IAPs and DPs: "..they are going to make a change to the text of the departure description, something to the effect of "runway heading to intercept the R-019 then via the r-019 to TRIXY...". They are in the process...

If you are eligible for retirement from the FAA I hope you are counting the hours until January 3, 2008 (for CSRS employees.) For FERS employees, the magic day is December 31, 2007 according to this article. But regardless of which date you choose---you should choose one of them and GET LOST....

Greetings all; What do you recommend for preparation for an Instrument Proficiency Check? Is there any written or video material that is specifically geared for this, or is the original IFR training material better? Thanks for any insight! Jeffrey

I have a question concerning blanket notam 3/1862 shown here 3/1862~ (Issued for KFDC PART 1 OF 2)~ SPECIAL NOTICE. THIS NOTICE MODIFIES FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED IN FDC NOTAM 2/0199 TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY MANDATES DETAILED IN SECTION 352 OF PUBLIC LAW 108-7. EFFECTIVE 0303061100...

I've searched the threads on Google, but given the emerging technologies involved, I'd be interested in any thoughts or recent experience that anyone can provide regarding the in-flight satellite weather in particular. We have a Cherokee with StrikeFinder (which works to avoid the big stuff) and a...

The DP out of LGA reads: "DEPARTURE PROCEDU Rwy 4, climb to 600 before proceeding westbound. Rwy 13, climb to 800 before proceeding westbound. Rwy 22, climb to 1400 before proceeding westbound. Rwy 31, climb to 1200 before proceeding southbound." It seems kind of vague to me. Is it implied...

I am a pilot from Toronto, Canada. Will be flying all the down to Fort Myers in Florida next week hopefully if this weather ever lets up. Coming down in a Baron B55, no boots thought. How do I use EFAS in the US. I know the frequency is 122.0. What kind of remarks do I use on my initial call...

Wow, that took forever it seemed like to show up in the database! I am getting ready to go do my Multi Engine & Single Engine Sea, I decided to put on hold the CFI after looking at Insurance Costs. Wow! It makes me wonder how many CFI's out there don't have Insurance becuse of the costs. DOI...

Sorry for being a little off topic, but I think you will see why this group is a good one for this post. On Feb 18, 2007, I visited a pilot who lives in the Oakland, CA hills about 5 nm north of KOAK. He related a story of having seen multicolored flashing lights in the air at night in the...